Rochester, Minn., Code of Ordinances § 7 § 7-9-5

(a) No person may be issued a registration certificate unless they satisfy the standards provided in this section. Failure to comply with any of these standards at any time shall be adequate grounds for the denial, refusal to renew, suspension or revocation of a registration certificate, or the imposition of a fine upon the licensee or applicant consistent with section 7-9-18 (d)(3). Except where specifically noted, it is not necessary for a criminal conviction to exist in order to support a determination that a violation of a standard has occurred. Any suspension or revocation sanction imposed pursuant to this section must be limited to the licensee's or applicant's registration certificate, or the licensee's or applicant's right to obtain a registration certificate, for the noncompliant property.
(b) As used in this chapter, the term "licensee or applicant" means:
(1) An owner of property who possesses or applies for a registration certificate;
(2) An owner of property seeking to renew a registration certificate; and
(3) Either of those persons' agents, employees or representatives.
(c) A registration certificate shall be issued if:
(d) The licensee's or applicant's application form contains facts that permit issuance of the certificate in compliance with all applicable state laws and city ordinances.
(e) The licensee or applicant has paid the required license or reinspection fee.
(f) The licensee or applicant has not intentionally made inaccurate or incorrect representations of material facts on the application form. The licensee or applicant has not intentionally made inaccurate or incorrect oral or written representations to a city official regarding the rental dwelling unit or the ownership of the rental dwelling unit.
(g) Rental dwelling units do not exceed the maximum number of dwelling units permitted by this Code.
(h) No rental dwelling or rental dwelling unit is over occupied or illegally occupied in violation of this Code.
(i) The licensee or applicant has not allowed weeds, vegetation, junk, debris or rubbish to accumulate repeatedly on the exterior of the dwelling so as to create a nuisance condition under chapter 8-3 . The term "repeatedly" refers to those situations when the city was required to abate such nuisance under chapter 8-3 more than two times during a 12-month period.
(j) The dwelling complies with all federal, state and city laws and ordinances.
(k) The licensee or applicant allows the city to perform a rental inspection.
(l) The licensee or applicant maintains a current register of all tenants and other persons with a lawful right of occupancy to a dwelling unit and the corresponding floor number, and unit number and/or letter and/or designation of such unit within the building. The register is kept current at all times. The licensee has designated the person who has possession of the register and shall inform the director of the location at which the register is kept. The register is available for review by the director or his authorized representatives at all times.
(m) The licensee or applicant has no delinquent property taxes or assessments on the rental dwelling, and is not delinquent on any financial obligations owing to the city unless reasonable payment arrangement has been reached.
(n) The licensee or applicant is not the subject of a pending administrative or criminal proceeding initiated pursuant to this chapter.
(o) The licensee or applicant has no direct personal or financial interest in a registration certificate that is currently suspended pursuant to this chapter.
(p) The licensee or applicant has no legal or equitable interest in a person whose right to apply and receive a registration certificate is currently suspended or revoked pursuant to this chapter.
(q) The licensee or applicant has no legal or equitable interest in two or more registration certificates revoked, suspended or any combination thereof, pursuant to this chapter, during the past five years.
(r) The licensee or applicant has not had within the past two years four violations of section 7-9-1 (a) (allowing a dwelling to be occupied or rented without first obtaining a registration certificate).
(s) The licensee's or applicant's actions have not created a threat or danger to the public's health, safety or welfare as it relates to the property.
(t) The licensee or applicant has not allowed the dwelling to be used in such a manner as to constitute a breach of the peace, a menace to the public's health, safety or welfare, or an unreasonable disturbance to the peace and comfort of the city's residents as it relates to the property.
(u) The licensee or applicant has not intimidated or retaliated, or made any threat of eviction or retaliation, against a tenant solely and exclusively because the tenant made or filed, or threatened to make or file, a complaint with the community development, police or fire departments regarding the rental dwelling unit and any matter within either of the department's jurisdiction.
(v) The licensee or applicant has completed either the landlord public safety seminar or phase I of the crime free multi-housing program, or has submitted a comparable certificate from a crime free multi-housing program from another jurisdiction. A licensee or applicant satisfies this requirement by proof that its management company has completed this program. Existing license holders must satisfy this requirement by October 31, 2011.